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cloyster
#091

Cloyster

Bivalve Pokémon

WaterIce

When attacked, it launches its horns in quick volleys. Its innards have never been seen.

Base Stats

HP 50
Attack 95
Defense 180
Sp. Atk 85
Sp. Def 45
Speed 70
Total 525

Type Effectiveness

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Bivalve Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 132.5 kg
Base Exp 184
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Sea
Egg Groups Water3

Sprites

cloyster Front Front
cloyster Back Back
cloyster Front Shiny Front Shiny
cloyster Back Shiny Back Shiny
cloyster Official Art Official Art
cloyster Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Standard
Moves
Rest / Hyper Beam

Strategy Overview

Cloyster is a Pokemon with coverage limited to STAB moves and Normal-type attacks, yet despite this, it has access to one of the most diverse toolsets in RBY OU. Through the use of Clamp, Cloyster can provide free switches to its teammates while also walling some of the most prominent physical threats, such as Snorlax, particularly those running Reflect, and Tauros. It possesses a reasonably powerful Blizzard, with the ability to threaten freeze on special walls, and has the option of using Explosion on Starmie to set up a Rhydon or Tauros sweep. Its part-Ice typing gives it immunity to freeze and STAB on Blizzard, at the expense of being weaker to Rock Slide. However, Cloyster has some drawbacks that stop it from being one of the top threats of RBY OU. Firstly, not being a Normal-type means it can be paralyzed by Body Slam, unlike Chansey or Snorlax. Secondly, Clamp's subpar accuracy could prove deadly to Cloyster's pretensions, especially if it's paralyzed. Lastly, it needs to rely on Rest as means of recovery, which means it's going to remain completely passive for three turns whenever it wants to recover HP.

Most Used Moves

Clamp
98.6%
Blizzard
96.6%
Explosion
95.9%
Rest
76.2%

Most Used Items

Nothing
100.0%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc